Identification of the A. Hosea Ramsour sawmill in Rusk County is made through Smith County records. He and another person sold 1107 acres about six miles east of Tyler in Smith County to Archibald H. Ramsour so that the latter could erect a sawmill.
H. Ramsour's steam sawmill in Rusk County manufactured 800,000 feet of lumber (valued at $10,000) during the census year ending June 1, 1850. Ramsour employed ten men, paid $200 per month in wages, and had $5500 invested in his mill.